Add supporting tools for the GNU Build System.

[jackhill/guix/guix.git] / guix / build / utils.scm

;;; Guix --- Nix package management from Guile.         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
;;; Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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(define-module (guix build utils)
  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
  #:export (directory-exists?
            set-path-environment-variable))

(define (directory-exists? dir)
  "Return #t if DIR exists and is a directory."
  (pk 'dir-exists? dir
      (let ((s (pk 'stat dir (stat dir #f))))
     (and s
          (eq? 'directory (stat:type s))))))

(define (search-path-as-list sub-directories input-dirs)
  "Return the list of directories among SUB-DIRECTORIES that exist in
INPUT-DIRS.  Example:

  (search-path-as-list '(\"share/emacs/site-lisp\" \"share/emacs/24.1\")
                       (list \"/package1\" \"/package2\" \"/package3\"))
  => (\"/package1/share/emacs/site-lisp\"
      \"/package3/share/emacs/site-lisp\")

"
  (append-map (lambda (input)
                (filter-map (lambda (dir)
                              (let ((dir (string-append input "/"
                                                        dir)))
                                (and (directory-exists? dir)
                                     dir)))
                            sub-directories))
              input-dirs))

(define (list->search-path-as-string lst separator)
  (string-join lst separator))

(define* (set-path-environment-variable env-var sub-directories input-dirs
                                        #:key (separator ":"))
  "Look for each of SUB-DIRECTORIES in INPUT-DIRS.  Set ENV-VAR to a
SEPARATOR-separated path accordingly.  Example:

  (set-path-environment-variable \"PKG_CONFIG\"
                                 '(\"lib/pkgconfig\")
                                 (list package1 package2))
"
  (setenv env-var
          (list->search-path-as-string (search-path-as-list sub-directories
                                                            input-dirs)
                                       separator)))